#Interactive Video
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Talk about a space case! I managed to DELETE that last message you sent
me! (What planet am I on?!)
Anyway, my wife does interactive video programming for a large consulting
firm with well-known clients. She is trying to get Amigas into the office,
but folks are scared away by the graphics limitations. They want
640x480x256 colors or they won't enven look at a system. She was hoping
that HAM-E might be able to give her that, but the graphics artists are
complaining that < 400 horizontal resolution is not good enough for them.
Right now, they are using extended VGA on IBM PofS/2 systems, and getting
640x 480×256 using Deluxe Paint II for PC. Most folks here on CIS say that
they wouldn't pay for such a system when an Amiga will do so much more, but
the graphics artists don't want to be bothered by money or learning a new
system, so the office buys the stuff for them. (Macs too, for some of
them.)
Anyway, it's a case of always finding one more excuse. Whenever my wife
finds a way to counter an objection, they find a new objection.
Chris -)—–
If you have an Amiga at home, you should take it into the office and show
them some of the things it can do, especially with regular HAM(4096 colors,
don't know what resolution though) HAM E will give you 60,000 colors
onscreen, but really the best way is to show them the Amiga's animation
capabilities, which are truly unsurpassed by any IBM or Mac. Also show
them the Amiga's superior sound capabilities and MIDI. Actually if this is
for use on videotape, the Amiga also has full overscan capabilities, which
IBM and apple don't, at least at nothing resembling a decent price.
John